Secondary Flow of Liquid-Liquid Two-Phase Fluids in a Pipe Bend

Authors

M. Ayala, Universidad de Oriente - Venezuela
P. Santos, CAPES
G. Hamester, CAPES
O. Ayala, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2016 COMSOL Conference in Boston

Pages

7 pp.

Conference Name

COMSOL Conference in Boston, October 5-7, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract

A simulated study of oil and water in 90 degree bend was carried on COMSOL 5.1 to characterize flow pattern and analyze the secondary flow. The Euler-Euler k-e Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes model was used to represent the fluid motion. Changes in the Reynolds number, curvature ratio and direction of gravity were made to evaluate the effects in the intensity of the secondary flow. In the end, it was possible to see that the bend direction does not affect the formation of secondary flow for Reynolds above 100,000. It appears that the fluid behavior on the pipe bend is strongly related to gravitational and centrifugal force ratio.

Rights

© 2016 The Authors.

Included with the kind written permission of the copyright holders, with gratitude to COMSOL, Inc.

Original Publication Citation

Ayala, M., Santos, P., Hamester, G., & Ayala, O. (2016) Secondary flow of liquid-liquid two-phase fluids in a pipe bend [Conference Paper]. COMSOL Conference in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. https://www.comsol.com/paper/secondary-flow-of-liquid-liquid-two-phase-fluids-in-a-pipe-bend-40742

ORCID

0000-0003-0604-8606 (Ayala)

Repository Citation

Ayala, M.; Santos, P.; Hamester, G.; and Ayala, O., "Secondary Flow of Liquid-Liquid Two-Phase Fluids in a Pipe Bend" (2016). Engineering Technology Faculty Publications. 207.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/engtech_fac_pubs/207